Overshoe-retainer.



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R. P, PRAIZER.

ovBRsHoE RETAINER. APPLICATION PILYBD APB..5.1907.

' hereinafter and RBERT F. FRAIZER, 0F CLVERDALE TOWNSHIP, PUTNAM.COUNTY, lNDlANA.

GVEBSHOE-RETANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nec. s1, reo?.

Application filed April 5| 1907. Serial No. 366,577.

rlhe construction and operation of my.

improved overshoe retainer will be described illustrated in the.accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a view showing a shoe andanovershoe With my improved retainer in position, Fig. 2, ai'rontviewno'r' my improved v device, Fig. 3, a side view, and ldig. el,a detail view of the clamping member.

ln the drawings similar reference charac- `ters'indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views. l

My improved retainer for overshoes has a bar A having a hook B at itsupper end to' en the top of the shoe l and a series of ho es C therein.Mounted on bar A is a clam )ing member l) consisting oi a base por--otally secured the clamping substantially right angles .adjusting thetion' having arms F at each side bent over the edges of bar A andforming the slides for clamping member on. said bar. The arms F are thentwisted so that their fiat surfaces are parallel and are provided withholes G in their ends in which are 'pivtongue The other end of baseportion l@ is formed with prongs l, one at each side of bar A, and aylug or projection J to engage the holes C in said bar, said prongs l,and lug .l being at to base portion lt. l indicates a stop on the lowerend of b ar A to limit the movement of clamping member l). L

ln use the hook B is 'secured over the top of the shoe l. The overshoc Zis then put on and the clainping member with the thereon having a lug toengage I arms extending from clamping tongue H open is lowered so thatthe prongs l engage the inside oi the overn shoe and the lug orprojection engages one of the holes C. rlhe tongue H is then thrown intoa elem ing position and engaging the outside o the overshoe togetherwith the orongsl` securely clamps the overshoe 2, wihile the lug Jengaging one of the holes C prevents displacement ci the 'overshoe.

The prongs i, as over the edge of bar shown in Fig. li, extend A so asto hold the end ol' the clamping member` in position thereon.

Having thus` described my what I claim isi. A retainer for overshoescomprising a hooked bar having a series of holes therein, andy aclamping 'member slidably mounted the holes in the bar, prongs extendingupwardly from said' clamping member to engage the sides of said bar tohold one end ofv the clamping member on inside of the overshoe, and a,tongue pivotallp secured to said clamping member to hold the overshoe inengagement with said prongs, substantially as s hewn and described.

2. A retainer for oversnoes comprising a hooked bar having a series ofholes thereili, and a clamping memb'er slide-bly mounted thereonconsisting of a base portion, two said base portion and invention thebar and also to engage the bent over said bar to -`form slides, saidarms being then twisted and extended on' substantiallyparallel planesand providedv with holes in their ends, a clamping tongue plvotallymounted in the holes in said arms, a lug on said base portion to engagethe holes in saidqbar, and prongs extending at right angles to said baseDertien, substantially as shown and describe( qin testimony whereofsignature in the presence of two witnesses.

sonner r. iraniana'.

fWitnesses: i.

R. K. 'Wnrrnnnm Hot/'Aan Haar.

l hereto affix my`

